New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-16
WHAT PEOPLE THINK AND SAY.
ATTITUDE OF THE PROHIBITIONIsTS

ATTITUDE OF THE PROHIBITlONlSiS
TO TIE Editor Of The Tribune.
Dir, We Prohitisonists regard the liquor tramc AZ
crime. The duty Of the State is TO suppress not to
regulate crime Dr. Crosbys bill recognizes tho trao "a
lawful though undesirable business How men, can
We take any Other position than that OF opposon 70
It'll Tho bill Is IN the nature OF revision OF IN eA.s
agreement between tho State the one part ana 'no
liquor dealers the Other by which tho Sate NO" Fro
poses to demand larger share Of the spoils snae
enough that the OLD agreement should remain "o
desire nvold the fresh disgrace Of its republication
The liquor dealers do side by side win u.s. rs
you assert except In far the smaller deerS arc
opposed to 10 the Staes share OF tue spo9
On the other hand you, DR.. Crosby ana inc Cnui.n
Temperance Society stand side by side Win HI .''
liquor dealers In the supp OF license as against pro
bition. and with larger dealers In favor OF WHAT you
choose to call high license bill; spectacle TOT soas
and men," II you please
Except In the that IL increases tho prosen' i0''
DR.. Crosbys DILL Is not high license bill IL
lousy low license bill Its figures should DC n.
true high ssSse b Si' would %
The number Of saloon, city ish, DO rsaTs Cd
OF sa.s avH Sns to
Of the others viii be improved. , 90, oh.rse n,
For taking the stand sSIvo aSsSIea . ysde OF tho
saloons" When We petition tho LEGISLATURE ior p''"''
You do.iro to know for what price We have :Cla
ourselves The party nc large ncquesces In acts OF s
leaders. Do you insnuate that every memoei o. :. "
oces gained through prom,nence In tbs nnrS,s
mtnt OF ours our cause needed tue ,snn Wa
By vllnostion OF the motives OF inc on and tho
misb fairly rstort by nqurns THAT wage: asn
upon this community recevc for pushing ior"a'" '"'
ubiquitous compromise with crime. Very truly .vvpy
Nec York. Feb. IA. 1887 CHARLES T.. MASih""
Our correspondent offers no reasons for reviewing
our expressed opinion that the Prohibition leader'
have allied themselv with the saloons What he
says concerning the nature Of high license is merely
q repetition of tho fallacy which ProhibitioniSts
insist upon huggng. License Is not sanction. IL
IS restraint High license Is favored by ra'ioha
friends Of temperance because experience proves
that it docs decrease drinking. and especially De-
cause 10 decreases it where 1t is most mischieVo"s
As to prohibition, no man capable Of reasoning NJ
all will pretend that IL could DO applied to New
York, and therefore all who fight high license on
the ground that they want prohibition are IN the
most direct manner taking their stand for free rum
The TRIBUNE IS for practical and feasible temper
anco legislation. 1t is for regulatve laws which
can be enforced. The Prohibitionists, on tho con-
trary, are for regulation at all, unless they can
have hat every citizen knows to be una'tain-
able Mt this time however IL may be hereafter.
High license restricts and curbs the drink evil ami
that is the most that be done now. The Pro-
hibitionsts in obstinately refusing to recognize
this, array themselves on the side OF intcmperance
and that is where they stand to-day ut Albany. III
they do not relish plain statement of the truth let
them change their attitude and fall into line with
the genuine temperance sentiment OF the COM
mupiiy.-Edl